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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
1
Poem fragment describes two centuries seated vis a vis at a vast table. One faces sorrowful lines of thought while the other radiates hope. A voice, calm and cadenced, speaks of counsel and Godspeed rather than pity as the speaker faces time’s approaching shores.
An elderly speaker laments wars and greed while embracing a shift toward inner faith and science. He predicts a brighter era as humanity moves toward a larger, enlightened future with less focus on sin and more on love and discovery.
Chinese plenipotentiaries were ordered to sign the preliminary joint note and seek the best terms, especially on legation guards and fort disarmament. Li Hung Chang may delegate powers to Prince Ching, and health concerns delay action. The emperor directed modest concessions while preserving authority.
Washington officials welcome word that Chinese plenipotentiaries are to sign the joint note and enter negotiations at once. The Chinese emperor would seek the best terms, while guards near Peking are seen as a threat to the government. The powers demand fort destruction, not mere dismantling.
Peking reports foreign communities are satisfied with the collective note and its firm stance against modifying demands. Li Hung Chang reportedly urged the throne to demand full compliance. German forces killed 40 Chitege troops near Man-Cheng with no German losses, while distrust grows among locals over perceived German pressure.
Reports from Suateual claim the imperial court plans to move back to Peking with a caravan of 90 carts bearing minileg and horses sent to Tai Yuen Fu to fetch the imperial party and entourage. Emperor Kwang Su allegedly summons Hu Ping Chih to accompany him to Peking while unrest fuels a Muslim rising in Shan Si.
General Nelson A Miles refuses to provide a formal statement regarding Former Secretary Alger's article on canned and embalmed beef in the Spanish war. He has not read full extracts and will decide his course later, citing soldiers returning home and proper officers condemning certain actions.
London December 81 United States ambassador Joseph H Choate says he has no intention of returning to the United States for the time being and dismisses cabling reports as fabrications. He told a correspondent at the embassy that there is no truth to stories of his recall or imminent return.
Six men were killed and twelve wounded in Clay County Kentucky over the past two weeks with additional deaths and injuries just over the county line. Hostilities rise as factions clash and guards may be sent to quell the feud.
The Daily Mail urges the government to deploy at least 60,000 additional troops following the Helvetia disaster. The remark appears in a December 81 issue, signaling heightened security measures amid the incident.
A garbled dispatch reports a Dowie Zionist meeting in Bermondsey London with disturbances and a free fight. It mentions German tourists Herrens-Lainer and Bindlinger climbing Mount Schwarzgenberger and dying in an abyss. It notes the death of Hiram Hitchcock of the Fifth Avenue Hotel New York from pneumonia and a birth in Claremont Nebraska on August 27 1883.
General Lyttleton reports Helvetia captured by Boer forces with about 69 killed or wounded and 200 prisoners. Kitchener notes minor Cape Colony shifts with Boer bands dispersing and awaiting aid from the north. London dispatches say Cape forces show no urge to rise and seem fatigued by war.
On the final day of the year Lord Kitchener reports bad news for England yet the press remains hopeful about the grave situation. General Dewet remains at large and Kimberley is isolated. Boers have occupied a strong position at Helvetia Lydenburg district with little apparent progress according to recent advices.
Crappock Cape Colony reports Kimberley nearly isolated by Boer raiders with no mail deliveries from Dec 19 to 26. Provisions at famine prices. military in charge since Dec 22. Leinster regiment led by Major Barry engaged Boers at Dreifontein for four hours Dec 17 with light losses. Boers captured a convoy of 25 wagons at Getuk on Christmas Eve, later recaptured by British. Bloemfontein notes British reoccupation of Finchaburg from Boer control by Dec 28.
Governor Roosevelt spoke at Carnegie Hall before a full Y M C A audience in New York and noted the talk would be read aloud at more than 100 other meetings nationwide. Copies of the address had been distributed in advance to local Y M C A secretaries for simultaneous readings.
Former Governor Prake is seriously ill again from an old army wound in OrnTERVILLE Indiana. Inflammation of the periosteum at the base of the spinal column threatens ulceration and grave complications. He was 70 years old Sunday.
Manila reports note multiple insurgent captures through Luzon scouting. American detachments suffer no casualties. Cavite, Cavite province detachment of the Fourth regiment took 60 insurgents. General Wheaton and Funston report camps and engagements with several insurgents killed or captured. The Philippine commission adds 600 American teachers amid salaries of 75 to 100 dollars monthly.
In Scranton Pennsylvania the street car strike ends after a week. Workers win a two cent hourly raise to rates of 14 to 19 cents by year. A 10 hour day is granted. About 320 men are affected and only a few cars moved during the stoppage.
J C Johnson leader of the Democratic executive committee says there will be no reorganization of the national committees. He notes the committee is organized until 1901 and will remain as is until then and that the present precinct system can be maintained and made self supporting.
A second cattle drove stolen from ex Governor Boies's Grundy County farm, 16 miles east of Eldora. Missing stock, no clues, previous thefts noted, Chicago drafts allegedly linked to the sales. Also in London a warrant issued for Dr Te Water over a seditious speech tied to Boer invasion, signaling martial law spread.
Unclear fragments describe a Cleveland city council sequence leading to conviction hopes. The text mentions aldermen and charges tied to county prose and acceptance, with unclear date markers and broken terms. The readable items imply political fallout from a council action amid legal scrutiny.
Keeler states cases will be presented to the grand jury on January 10 for investigation. One prosecutor says there is ample evidence against the accused councilmen.
After years of effort the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln mother of Abraham Lincoln is now the property of the state. Governor Mount has received the deed for the ground near the grave in Spencer county for the Nancy Hanks Memorial association. The area will be turned into a park with a custodian and beautification planned. Deed from Spencer county commissioners.
New York officials of the anthracite coal companies announce a fifty cent per ton price increase for all sizes to Western points starting January 10. The move follows limited Western supply and high freight rates, with Eastern points already seeing some price shifts.
A furious blizzard began in eastern Nebraska and spread across the state reaching Cheyenne. Omaha streetcar tracks were blocked by high winds and heavy snow, pedestrians disappeared from streets, several signs blown down, with no injuries reported.
The Duath Match company secures the Marinette iron works building for its Duluth factory. Machinery is ordered and to be installed at once to begin operation before navigation opens. The plant will use the newest designs and produce a large output.
Chicago sources report Norman B. Ream and James J. Hill may join the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad board at the next annual meeting with Hill possibly becoming president. The move signals an alliance with Northern Pacific Great Northern Erie and Baltimore and Ohio, plus other dominant interests, and suggests a dividend increase to 6 percent. Morgan and Standard Oil affiliates are said to control the St Paul system and will link traffic from the Great Northern and Northern Pacific.
An old newspaper ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a money back guarantee if they fail to cure a cold. It features E. W. Grove’s signature on the box and states a 5 cent price for Beecham's Pills claimed to cure sick headache.
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